Tis the season to see Fungi, fa la la la la....

[David Humphries]

1 hour ago, Khriss said:

...time fr the Forst 8 to make an appearance  k

Wouldn't mind seeing a cross section of the decay if you get the chance Khris

[Khriss]

 I would love to D, but it ain't my tree, might tentatively suggest the owner best fell it an save us a log, k

[trotter251]

Found this today, not sure what it is.
Possibly Tremella mensenterica ???

[David Humphries]

19 minutes ago, trotter251 said:

Found this today, not sure what it is.
Possibly Tremella mensenterica ???

Possibly T. mesenterica, but should be mindful of a similar species (T. aurantia) which is known to be associated/parasitic on another fungus called Hairy curtain crust (Sterium hirsutum) if the Sterium is underneath then it may be the latter. 

[trotter251]

Awesome! That’s interesting, thanks. Unfortunately I’m not going back to that site any time soon so I won’t be able to check which it is.
At least i will know for next time! Thanks

[Khriss]

Never seem to find these ' rare ' ones myself , we just get the basics around here Ganoderma , K, deusta , Amillarea  , Merippilus . *giggles at Hairy Curtain Crust * Havent seen that one   K

[Jake Andrews]

Found in a damp woodland on S.caprea. Any ideas?

[David Humphries]

Any shots of the pore surface or flesh Jake?

 

Bit of an odd one, earlier tiers look to be Ganoderma like, whereas the last few pale layers look like Fomes.

 

Not entirely sure that I would rule Phelinus ignarius out either.

[Jake Andrews]

2 minutes ago, David Humphries said:

Any shots of the pore surface or flesh Jake?

 

Bit of an odd one, earlier tiers look to be Ganoderma like, whereas the last few pale layers look like Fomes.

 

Not entirely sure that I would rule Phelinus ignarius out either.

P. Igniarius was my first thought David but after looking back through the photos I started to doubt myself thinking it resembled gano.

Unfortunately no closer shots as I was in a bit of a hurry but will get some next week.

Tree is in severe decline with one stem failure at the base. Think I noticed at least 5-6 fruiting bodies. It will be left to degrade as it is not in harms way and off the main track.

[ABtrees]

Morning just going through a few old photos and came across this one of a large fruiting body I found - thought it might be of interest (?).  I was given the trunk of a big old oak that had fallen over about 10 yrs previously and been laying in a ditch ever since.  It was wet through so decided to split it let it dry.  On the second split I found this - sorry there is no scale reference in the picture but the ring was about 1.2 m and the corner of the splitter (bottom right in 1st photo) is about 10-12 cm.  In my (total) ignorance, just wrote it off as being a bit of dry/wet rot, but it was the fact it was right in the centre of the tree and the structure of it that prompted me to take the photo.